India Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Modi on twin missions
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled visit to Bangladesh will not just be confined to attending the 'Mujib Borsho' celebration, he will tie up some loose ends of his script for the high-octane West Bengal polls.
15 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Hasina, Modi to meet virtually in December: foreign minister
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will hold a virtual meeting in December.
28 September 2020, 12:56 PM
Modi removes plastic, garbage at Mamallapuram Beach
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has been striving for a clean India campaign, today spent half an hour removing strewn plastic and garbage during an early morning stroll along the beach of the Bay of Bengal at Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu.
12 October 2019, 14:20 PM
India to see 'big-bang' reforms in Modi's second term
In the first 100 days of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second term, a slew of 'big-bang' economic reforms that should please foreign investors are likely to be pursued, according to a top official at the government's main think tank.
31 May 2019, 08:41 AM
Modi's first cabinet meet today
The first meeting of the new Union Cabinet headed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Lok Sabha elections will take place in Delhi today.
31 May 2019, 05:47 AM
Modi biopic stopped by Indian EC
Indian Election Commission has stopped release of a biopic based on the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi till national elections are over.
10 April 2019, 09:57 AM
Modi vows citizenship to Bangladeshi minorities if re-elected
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveils Bharatiya Janata Party’s manifesto for upcoming parliamentary polls that says all trade movement with Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan will be conducted through integrated check-posts after completion of 14 more such check-posts by next four years.
8 April 2019, 10:10 AM
India launches 'Modicare', world's biggest health scheme
India launches the world's biggest health insurance scheme which Prime Minister Narendra Modi says would cover some 500 million poor people.
23 September 2018, 11:23 AM
Hasina, Modi to inaugurate two rail projects today
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will jointly inaugurate Kulaura-Shahbazpur Section Rehabilitation and Akhaura-Agartala Dual Gauge Rail Connection through videoconferencing tomorrow.
9 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Bimstec Summit: Hasina, Modi meet today in Kathmandu
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who leaves Dhaka for Kathmandu this morning to attend the fourth Bimstec Summit, will meet her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the event.
29 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Twitterati on Rahul Gandhi wink: Priya Varrier finally got a competition
Congress president Rahul Gandhi takes the lower house of Parliament by surprise as he decides to hug Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the end of his fiery speech during the debate on the no-confidence motion.
21 July 2018, 06:12 AM
71.9% Indians say they will vote for Modi again in 2019
Around 71.9% people who participated in an online poll say they will vote for Narendra Modi in next Indian general elections.
26 May 2018, 09:03 AM
Sino-India ties: A boat ride to a new future?
In a previous article, I had raised the question: can Asian giants India and China navigate through their competing aspirations to become regional and global powers and find a new template for working together? A tentative answer to this is available after the recent “informal” summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jingping on the bank of the Yangzte river in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on April 27 and 28.
29 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Hasina visit to Visva Bharati may be in sync with Modi’s trip
Bangladesh wants the inauguration of the upcoming Bangladesh Bhavan at Visva Bharati in presence of the two premiers — Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi, reports The Times of India.
18 April 2018, 09:48 AM
Modi becomes first Indian PM to visit West Bank
Narendra Modi becomes the first Indian prime minister to visit the occupied West Bank where he holds talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas as part of a Middle East tour.
10 February 2018, 15:23 PM
India's 'Modicare' to cost about $1.7 billion a year, sources say
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to provide health insurance for about half the country would require an estimated 110 billion rupees ($1.7 billion) in central and state funding each year, sources familiar with the matter say.
3 February 2018, 05:05 AM
Modi inaugurates controversial Sardar Sarovar Dam
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the country's biggest dam, ignoring warnings from environment groups that hundreds of thousands of people will lose their livelihoods.
18 September 2017, 09:35 AM
Modi urges India to reject violence in name of religion
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges India to reject religious violence, after a series of attacks against minorities sparked debate about whether a surge of Hindu nationalism is undermining the country's secular ideals.
15 August 2017, 08:56 AM
Trump, Modi exchange hugs during Rose Garden statements
So much for handshakes. President Donald Trump found out that India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a hugger.
27 June 2017, 12:32 PM
India's longest bridge opens
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi opens the country’s longest bridge in Assam at the first of many events to celebrate the third anniversary of his government, reports NDTV.
26 May 2017, 10:35 AM